Where do you put your flat panel tv if not above. How to install a tv above a fireplace and hide the wires step 1.
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How to wire tv above fireplace. Find the studs on your wall. Install a tv over your fireplace nothing has come up in local conversations with friends and family as much as what it takes to mount a flat panel television over a fireplace. The hinge on the old barn wood. Slide a stud finder horizontally across the wall above your fireplace and mark stud. The first step is to find a big chunk of barn wood chunk size may vary or whatever wood. Be it plasma or lcd tv the big contention is that having a room with a centrally focused fireplace results in a dilemma.
How to mount a tv above a fireplace and hide wires for wall mounted tv. Lg oled tv. Hold the base of your tv mount up against the wall and using your stud markings as a reference determine. To create such a niche cut into the drywall then re frame it with 2x4 boards to create a 6x8 inch recessed area. But my husbands afraid that heat from the fireplace will mess with it. This picture shows how the cables are hidden in the mantel piece.
A tv can be mounted flush with the wall retaining ample space for ventilation. We just bought a new 55 inch flat screen tv and id like to hang it over the fireplace in our family room. Full tutorial including wall mount electrical box and hiding wires thank you to lg for sponsoring this video. Run tv cables above a fireplace step 1. This method works especially well above fireplaces because it shields the tv from the heat of an active fire.
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